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Chapter22<br />

Rajasthan<br />

I. Overview<br />

Ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan faces no<br />

internal armed conflict but witnessed serious human rights<br />

violations by the law en<strong>for</strong>cement personnel. It is one of the<br />

few States which used National Security Act of 1980 to suppress the<br />

movement of the Kisan Mazdoor Vyapari Sangarsh Samiti by<br />

arresting many of its leaders including Hetram Beniwal, Vallabh<br />

Kochher and Saheb Ram Punia under the Act.<br />

In 2004, there have been <strong>report</strong>s of torture, rape and custodial

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